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Overview of the SEO Check
Meta information
66% 
Page quality
67% 
Page structure
93% 
Link structure
82% 
Server
100% 
External factors
100% 
SEO Score
Response time
0.12 s
File size
23.70 kB
Words
460
Media files
5
Number of links
44 internal / 3 external

Task list of SEO Improvements

Meta specifications

Title
(Critically important)
Information from the Government of the Netherlands | Government.nl
The page title should be shorter than 580 pixels. It is 615 pixels long. Optimize title
There are no duplicate words in the title
Meta description
(Critically important)
The meta description is missing.
Crawlability
(Critically important)
There are no problems in accessing the website.
Canonical URL
(Important)
https://www.government.nl/
There is a valid canonical link specified.
Language
(Somewhat important)
Language detected in text: en
Language defined in HTML: en-gb
Server location: Netherlands
The following language is defined by HTML: en-gb
Alternate/Hreflang Links
(Somewhat important)
There are no alternate links specified on this page.
Other meta tags
(Somewhat important)
There is no rel next meta tag on this page.
There is no rel prev meta tag on this page.
Domain
(Somewhat important)
The domain is no subdomain.
The domain length is good.
The domain does not contain non-latin characters.
Page URL
(Somewhat important)
No parameters were found in the URL.
No session ID was found in the URL.
The URL does not have too many subdirectories.
Charset encoding
(Somewhat important)
The charset encoding (UTF-8) is set correctly.
Doctype
(Nice to have)
The doctype HTML 5 is set correctly.
The doctype is placed at first in the HTML code.
Favicon
(Nice to have)
The favicon is linked correctly.

Meta tags

NameValue
DCTERMS.titleInformation from the Government of the Netherlands - Government.nl
viewportwidth=device-width, initial-scale=1
DCTERMS.languageen-GB
DCTERMS.creatorMinisterie van Algemene Zaken
DCTERMS.identifierhttps://www.government.nl/
DCTERMS.availablestart=2013-05-14;
DCTERMS.modified2025-07-08T13:39
DCTERMS.issued2013-05-14T11:36
DCTERMS.spatialNederland
DCTERMS.publisherMinisterie van Algemene Zaken
DCTERMS.rightsCC0 1.0 Universal
DCTERMS.rightsHolderMinisterie van Algemene Zaken
DCTERMS.typewebpagina
langen-gb
og:imagehttps://www.government.nl/binaries/small/content/gallery/rijksoverheid/channel-afbeeldingen/logos/facebook.png
charsetUTF-8

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Page quality

Content
(Critically important)
There are only 460 words on this page. Good pages should have about 800 words of useful content.
30.4% of the text are stop words.
Keywords used in the page title are also used in the page content. That's good!
Words from the H1 heading are used in the page content.
The page contains a listing, which indicates a good text layout.
9 paragraphs were found on this page.
No placeholders texts or images were found.
There are no duplicates on the site.
The average number of words per sentence of 11.71 words is good.
Frames
(Critically important)
This page does not use a frameset.
Mobile optimization
(Somewhat important)
A viewport "width=device-width, initial-scale=1" is provided.
At least one Apple touch icon is specified.
Bold and strong tags
(Somewhat important)
The usage of strong and bold tags is perfect. We recommend the use of up to 9 tags for this page.
Image SEO
(Somewhat important)
3 images have no alt attribute. The content of alt attributes is used by search engines.
Social Networks
(Nice to have)
There are only a few social sharing widgets on the page. Make your website popular in social networks with social sharing widgets.
Additional markup
(Nice to have)
No additional page markup was found.
HTTPS
(Somewhat important)
This website uses HTTPS to protect privacy and integrity of the exchanged data.
All included files are also transferred via HTTPS.

Media list

URLAlt attributeTitle
...ogos/beeldmerk-rijksoverheid-desktop.svgLogo Government of the Netherlands
...header-travelling-to-the-netherlands.jpgAangemeerde boten in Amsterdamse gracht
...e-netherlands/dutch-bulb-fields-hero.jpgNo alt attribute provided
...tgelichtjes/home/2023/rented-housing.jpgNo alt attribute provided
.../2024/immigration-to-the-netherlands.jpgNo alt attribute provided

Page structure

H1 heading
(Critically important)
Information from the Government of the Netherlands
The H1 heading is perfect.
Headings
(Important)
There are 28 headings on the page. The amount of headings should be in a more proper relation to the amount of text.

Heading structure

Heading levelContent
H1 Information from the Government of the Netherlands
H2 Popular
H2 Main menu
H2 Featured
H2 News
H2 Service
H2 About this site
H3 Building and housing
H3 Economy
H3 Education
H3 Family, health and care
H3 Government and democracy
H3 International cooperation
H3 Justice, security and defence
H3 Migration and travel
H3 Nature and the environment
H3 Taxes, benefits and allowances
H3 Transport
H3 Work
H3 Travelling to the Netherlands
H3 Applying for housing benefit
H3 Immigration to the Netherlands
H3 Quantum computers are coming, and the Netherlands is ready
H3 New law makes it easier to confiscate the proceeds of crime
H3 Improved protection for employees during liquidation
H3 Bill tightening community service ban enters consultation phase
H3 The government is starting to alleviate the pressure on the asylum seeker processing system
H3 Dutch Tulip Fund opens doors to top international scientists
Some internal link anchor texts are too long.
1 links don't have an anchor text.
The number of internal links is ok.
Every linktext is unique.
All internal links are not using dynamic parameters.
There are 3 external links on this page.

Found links on this page

LinkAttributesAnchor text
https://www.government.nl/Anchor Go to content
https://www.government.nl/Home
https://www.government.nl/latestLatest
https://www.government.nl/topicsTopics
/ministriesMinistries
/governmentGovernment
/documentsDocuments
/topics/school-holidays/overvi...Subdomain Overview of school holiday dates
/documents/forms/2016/06/17/co...Consent letter for minors travelling outside the Netherlands
/topics/identification-documen...Subdomain Requirements for photos for ID's
/topics/minimum-wage/minimum-w...Minimum wage amounts
/topics/themes/building-and-ho...Building and housing Housing, Infrastructure, Population decline ...
/topics/themes/economyEconomy Enterprise and innovation, Biotechnology, Intellectual property ...
/topics/themes/educationEducation School holidays, Higher education ...
/topics/themes/family-health-a...Family, health and care Coronavirus Covid-19, Drugs, Health insurance, Abortion, Mental health care, Family law ...
/topics/themes/government-and-...Government and democracy Public administration, Personal data, Elections , Democracy ...
/topics/themes/international-c...International cooperation NATO Summit 2025, European Union, United Nations, Human rights, Treaties ...
/topics/themes/justice-securit...Justice, security and defence War in Ukraine, Identification documents, Emergency number 112, Israel and the Palestinian Territories , Child abuse ...
/topics/themes/migration-and-t...Migration and travel Reception of refugees from Ukraine, Visas, Dutch nationality, Immigration, Embassies, consulates and other representations ...
/topics/themes/nature-and-the-...Nature and the environment Climate change, Environment, Water management ...
/topics/themes/taxes-benefits-...Taxes, benefits and allowances Taxation and businesses, Income tax, Grant programmes ...
/topics/themes/transportTransport Driving licence, Mobility, Vehicles, Drones ...
/topics/themes/workWork Minimum wage, Legalising documents, Working conditions, Migrant workers ...
/topics/holidays-and-travelsTravelling to the Netherlands Image: ©Rob Poelenjee Find out more about visa and ETIAS
/topics/housing/rented-housing...Applying for housing benefit If you are renting your home, you may be eligible to receive housing benefit (huurtoeslag). This is a contribution towards the p...
/topics/immigration-to-the-net...Immigration to the Netherlands Image: ©Ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid Learn more about what you need to arrange when you want to live in the Netherlan...
/latest/news/2025/07/17/quantu...Quantum computers are coming, and the Netherlands is ready 17-07-2025 | 14:49 Whenever you share sensitive information, caution is essential. Strong password...
/latest/news/2025/07/14/new-la...New law makes it easier to confiscate the proceeds of crime 14-07-2025 | 09:30 A bill implementing the European confiscation directive, which will facilitate...
/latest/news/2025/07/11/improv...Improved protection for employees during liquidation 11-07-2025 | 15:00 If a company goes into liquidation, the impact on employees is significant. With the ...
/latest/news/2025/07/11/bill-t...Bill tightening community service ban enters consultation phase 11-07-2025 | 15:00 Enforcement officers and emergency workers must be able to do their work s...
/latest/news/2025/07/11/the-go...The government is starting to alleviate the pressure on the asylum seeker processing system 11-07-2025 | 15:00 Today the government took a first step towards...
/latest/news/2025/07/10/dutch-...Dutch Tulip Fund opens doors to top international scientists 10-07-2025 | 16:30 As previously announced, a new Dutch fund aimed at leading international scie...
/latest/newsMore news
https://www.government.nl/contactNo Text
https://www.government.nl/contactContact
https://www.government.nl/rssRSS
https://www.government.nl/sitemapSitemap
https://www.government.nl/helpHelp
https://www.government.nl/archiveArchive
/copyrightCopyright
https://www.government.nl/privacyPrivacy
https://www.government.nl/cookiesCookies
/accessibilityAccessibility
/reporting-a-vulnerabilityReport vulnerability
https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/External Subdomain Nederlands
https://www.gobiernodireino.nl/External Subdomain Papiamento
https://www.gobiernudireino.nl/External Subdomain Papiamentu

Server configuration

HTTP redirects
(Critically important)
This page redirects to "https://www.government.nl/"
HTTP header
(Important)
No X-Powered HTTP header is sent.
The web server transmits the web page (HTML) in compressed form.
Performance
(Somewhat important)
The page response time is excellent with 0.12 seconds.
The file size of the HTML document is fine (24 kB).

HTTP Response Header

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x-content-type-optionsnosniff
x-xss-protection1; mode=block
x-frame-optionsDENY
strict-transport-securitymax-age=31622400; includeSubDomains
referrer-policystrict-origin-when-cross-origin
content-encodinggzip
x-cache-statusEXPIRED:HIT
x-via15:2:3
statuscode200
http_versionHTTP/2

External factors

This page is referenced by wikipedia.
This website has excellent links from other websites.
This page has backlinks from 2,138 referring domains.
This page has 145,947 backlinks.
This page has backlinks from 1,129 different ip addresses.

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Robots.txt

User-agent: *
Disallow: 

User-agent: *
Disallow: /error/*

Sitemap: https://www.government.nl/nieuws-sitemap.xml

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Most important keywords

Following keywords were found. You can check the keyword optimization of this page for each keyword.

KeywordResultRecheck
Government81%Check
Netherlands68%Check
Information62%Check
housing44%Check
Migration44%Check
travel44%Check
International43%Check
benefit43%Check
New43%Check
service43%Check
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